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Madigan, Maura – ALA Editions, 2022
This inspiring tool demonstrates how project-based learning (PBL) projects can be used in a variety of settings and provides coaching for educators who aspire to create their own projects. Madigan's book delivers flexible, interdisciplinary, learner-driven projects that support the "National School Library Standards." Readers will find…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach
Rodgers, Marie E. – 2000
This book contains multicultural "treasure hunts" designed for use by teachers and librarians working with grades five through eight to: develop students' awareness of cultures other than their own; promote student research that requires using books other than an encyclopedia; provide students with annotated reference lists that may be used for…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Education, Information Seeking
Farmer, Lesley S. J. – 1999
This publication is the second edition of a work designed to give school library media specialists and teachers a better understanding of cooperative learning and the tools to develop a successful program, and to offer new ways to implement cooperative learning into the middle and high school curriculum. Changes since the first edition are the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Morgan, Nancy A. – 1996
The vast resources of the Internet are increasingly available to administrators, school library media specialists, and classroom teachers. This updated digest lists various information resources available to K-12 educators over the Internet. Topics include: guides to Internet resources; lesson plans; keypals and pen pals; acceptable use policies;…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Grants
Ivers, Karen S.; Barron, Ann E. – 1998
A practical step-by-step approach to teaching multimedia skills is offered in this book. A model called "Decide, Design, Develop, and Evaluate" (DDDE) is presented which can be used as a template for designing, producing, and assessing multimedia projects in the classroom. The books covers all issues an educator is likely to face with…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
McElmeel, Sharron L. – 1997
This guide provides lessons for teaching primary research skills to elementary and middle school students. The lessons introduce basic research processes, emphasizing the use of primary sources and direct observation. A six-step process is described that applies to all grade levels. Examples are provided to help the teacher or media specialist…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy
Langhorne, Mary Jo, Ed. – 1998
This book, developed by the Iowa City Community School District, recipient of the National Library Media Program of the year Award in 1997, provides a complete K-12 curriculum, with details on when key basic information, research, and production skills should be introduced, expanded, and reviewed. The book is divided into four parts: Part I:…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Guides, Educational Media, Educational Technology
Skeele, Linda, Ed. – 1996
This notebook is a compilation of 51 lesson plans for grades K-6 written by various authors and focusing on the integration of technology into the curriculum. Lesson plans include topics such as online versus traditional card catalog, exploring the technology in the media center, electronic encyclopedias and CD- ROMs, using and producing a video…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Desktop Publishing
Anderson, Mary Alice, Ed. – 1996
This notebook is a compilation of 53 lesson plans for grades 6-12, written by various authors and focusing on the integration of technology into the curriculum. Lesson plans include topics such as online catalog searching, electronic encyclopedias, CD-ROM databases, exploring the Internet, creating a computer slide show, desktop publishing, and…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Desktop Publishing